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Chris has been an active investor and entrepreneur in the Pacific Northwest for over 24 years. He was Managing Director at Northwest Venture Associates and an early participant in the development of several communications technology companies. Presently, he is Chair of Cairnspring Mills and a founder of the Woolley Market, both in Skagit County, WA.

Chris helped create the IDEA Institute at Western Washington University, an interdisciplinary innovation program. He has been an invited lecturer at institutions including UC Berkeley, Northwestern University, University of Washington, London School of Economics, Tufts University, the Indian School of Business and the US State Department.

Chris graduated from Williams College in 1994 with Honors in geology and a focus on complexity science.